Hornets beat Grizzlies by 61, NBA's largest margin of victory in 20 years
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Hornets guard Kemba Walker shoots a three-pointeragainst the Grizzlies at the Spectrum Center. The Hornets won 140-79.(Photo: Sam Sharpe, USA TODAY Sports)
The Queen City was abuzz Thursday night as the Charlotte Hornets made NBA history.
Kemba Walker scored 46 points and made 10 consecutive three-pointers — by the third quarter — to lead the Hornets over the Memphis Grizzlies, 140-79.
The 61-point win marked the largest margin of victory in the NBA in 20 years, and the most lopsided in franchise history.
It came one night after Dwight Howard's 32-point, 30-rebound performance. Howard became the eighth player in NBA history with a 30-30 game, but also picked up his 16th technical. That drew an automatic one-game suspension, so he sat out Thursday.
But the Hornets were unfazed by his absence.
Walker scored 17 points in the first quarter, 18 in the second and 11 in the third before being pulled with 1:48 left in the period.
The Hornets' previous largest win? That came Feb. 27, 1992, also at home, in a 136-84 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
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